Unit 3: Civil War & Reconstruction (1846-1877) Americans continued to argue over the important issues of slavery and tariffs until South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860. The United States fought a brutal civil war for the next four years to determine once and for all who had supreme power over the law - federal or state governments. After the war, the federal government attempted, but ultimately failed, to rebuild the South and to protect the rights of African American citizens. TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS:
MAJOR CONCEPTS: Abolition, Compromise, Popular Sovereignty, Nationalism, States' Rights, Secession, Strategies and Advantages in War, Emancipation, Citizenship, Reconstruction, Segregation
Americans are divided over whether or not slavery will spread to the new lands in the West.
Anti-slavery movements gain strength and oppose the Dred Scott decision and the harsh Fugitive Slave Law.
South Carolina secedes after Abraham Lincoln is elected without any electoral votes from the South.
Civil war rages for four years before the Union defeats the Confederacy and slavery is abolished permanently.
The Southern land and economy are devastated by war, but Americans debate how the South should be reconstructed.
Political compromise ends the federal occupation of the South, as well as federal protection of African American rights.
Warning: The following information is subject to change, based on instructional needs. Do not copy objectives or complete quickwrites ahead of time.
Unit 3 Day 1 Topics: Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Underground Railroad, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Kansas-Nebraska Act, "Bleeding Kansas"
Learning Objectives: Students will
Assess Congress' attempts to compromise on slavery in the 1850s.
Analyze the growing antislavery sentiment in the North.
Evaluate the early signs of violence in the nation.
Quickwrite: How did the Wilmot Proviso signal an increase in tensions over slavery in the 1840s? (Ch. 6.1)
Unit 3 Day 2 Topics: Party realignment, Dred Scott v. Sanford, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Popular sovereignty, John Brown's Raid, Election of 1860, Confederate States of America, Fort Sumter
Learning Objectives: Students will
Assess the buildup to war in the U.S.
Evaluate causes of the Civil War.
Quickwrite: Use the maps in Ch. 6.2 to summarize the significance of the three major compromises over slavery before the outbreak of war.
Unit 3 Day 4 Topics: Income tax, Homestead Act, Draft riots, Copperheads, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, "March to the Sea," Appomatox Courthouse, Lincoln's assassination
Learning Objectives: Students will
Analyze the economic and political changes that took place in the North during the war.
Analyze the outcome and significance of the final turning points of the war.
Quickwrite: True or false: A northern victory in the Civil War was inevitable. Explain.
Unit 3 Day 5 Topics: Appomatox Courthouse, Lincoln's assassination, Presidential Reconstruction, Congressional Reconstruction, Civil War amendments, Freedman's Bureau, black codes, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Military Reconstruction
Learning Objectives: Students will
Assess the impact of the assassination of President Lincoln.
Compare the differing views on Reconstruction Plans.
Analyze actions taken to limit and protect the rights of African Americans after the war.
Quickwrite: What do you notice about the graph in Ch. 7.5 labeled "American Deaths in All Wars"?
Americans continued to argue over the important issues of slavery and tariffs until South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860. The United States fought a brutal civil war for the next four years to determine once and for all who had supreme power over the law - federal or state governments. After the war, the federal government attempted, but ultimately failed, to rebuild the South and to protect the rights of African American citizens.
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS:
Notes Charts:
MAJOR CONCEPTS: Abolition, Compromise, Popular Sovereignty, Nationalism, States' Rights, Secession, Strategies and Advantages in War, Emancipation, Citizenship, Reconstruction, Segregation
Warning: The following information is subject to change, based on instructional needs. Do not copy objectives or complete quickwrites ahead of time.
Unit 3 Day 1
Topics: Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Underground Railroad, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Kansas-Nebraska Act, "Bleeding Kansas"
Learning Objectives:
Students will
Quickwrite: How did the Wilmot Proviso signal an increase in tensions over slavery in the 1840s? (Ch. 6.1)
Homework: Read Ch. 6.3 & 6.4 (Honors: Complete reading charts)
Unit 3 Day 2
Topics: Party realignment, Dred Scott v. Sanford, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Popular sovereignty, John Brown's Raid, Election of 1860, Confederate States of America, Fort Sumter
Learning Objectives:
Students will
Quickwrite: Use the maps in Ch. 6.2 to summarize the significance of the three major compromises over slavery before the outbreak of war.
Homework: Read Ch. 7.1 & 7.2 (Honors: Complete reading charts)
Unit 3 Day 3
Topics: Wartime advantages, Anaconda Plan, Bull Run, Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation
Learning Objectives:
Students will
Quickwrite: John Brown: Hero or Terrorist?
Homework: Read Ch. 7.3 & 7.4 (Honors: Complete reading charts)
Unit 3 Day 4
Topics: Income tax, Homestead Act, Draft riots, Copperheads, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, "March to the Sea," Appomatox Courthouse, Lincoln's assassination
Learning Objectives:
Students will
Quickwrite: True or false: A northern victory in the Civil War was inevitable. Explain.
Homework: Read Ch. 7.5 & 8.1 (Honors: Complete reading charts)
Unit 3 Day 5
Topics: Appomatox Courthouse, Lincoln's assassination, Presidential Reconstruction, Congressional Reconstruction, Civil War amendments, Freedman's Bureau, black codes, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Military Reconstruction
Learning Objectives:
Students will
Quickwrite: What do you notice about the graph in Ch. 7.5 labeled "American Deaths in All Wars"?
Homework: Read Ch. 8.2 & 8.3 (Honors: Complete reading charts)
Unit 3 Day 6
Topics: Scalawags & Carpetbaggers, Segregation, Sharecropping, Ku Klux Klan, Compromise of 1877
Learning Objectives:
Students will
Quickwrite: Why is the term "reconstruction" appropriate for describing the time period after the Civil War?
Homework: Study for Unit 3 Test on chapters 6-8.
Unit 3 Day 7
Topics: Unit 3 test tomorrow!
Learning Objectives:
Students will
Quickwrite: Create a multiple choice question for the test tomorrow.
Homework: Study for Unit 3 test tomorrow on chapters 6-8.
Unit 3 Test Day
Homework: Read Ch. 9.1 & 9.2 (Honors: Complete reading charts)
Links
US History Textbook Site
SAS Review and Further Research (username: northwood)
Causes of the Civil War
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Lincoln and the Civil War
The Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War Battles
Civil War Battles
Reconstruction
Sharecropping